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Going to a wedding four weeks after baby due

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FlouryBap · 14/05/2012 17:07

Hello, I have a wedding mid June and am due in a week. I haven't put on that much weight but will obviously have the comedy tummy and will be breastfeeding. I haven't as much as looked in the shops in the last nine months, so any suggestions of summer wedding outfits that would work around my figure would be appreciated. I am fairly tall and usually a size 12.

I had a look around Zara and there was a gorgeous lace turquoise dress with a elasticated waist that I love, but I can't find it on their webiste. Also I know a dress is probably a bad idea :(

Any help is much appreciated.

FB

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MrsLettuce · 14/05/2012 18:36

I reckon a maxi with spanx could work, given your height. There are plenty about that'd be suitable for BF

How about this turquoise one, as a random example?

Waht sort of colours suit you? Oh, and an idea of budget would be grand.

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MrsLettuce · 14/05/2012 18:45

Scrap that, sorry. IME you need something with a print to disguise any little drips etc.

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PotteringAlong · 14/05/2012 18:49

How about a wrap dress? Gives v easy access to feed!

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MrsLettuce · 14/05/2012 19:23

I always feel quite exposed (belly wise) in wraps, but maybe that's just another one of my oddities?

floaty tea length job?

dove grey and pastel bird print maxi? my favourite shoes of the moment would be so, so lovely with it. brighter version of the same dress

maybe? maxi again

Need some more clues really

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MrsLettuce · 14/05/2012 19:41

meant to link to this bag for with the bird print maxi. DP gets to carry the changing bag 'cause you'll be carrying the milk

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FlouryBap · 15/05/2012 09:19

Mrs Lettuce! You are fab! Sorry for delayed reply, was at preggers yoga last night.

I like the dove grey dress, not as much into the floatly tea length as pattern is not really me. And the turquoise one feels a bit too shimmery for this wedding. I love those shoes SO MUCH - but would be afraid of dropping the baby in them as haven't worn heels in so long.

Budget would probably run up to £100 for dress. My only reservation about the dove grey one is that I can't see me wearing it again.

I have more time at lunchtime so will try to look around wiht a maxi in mind.

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pootlebug · 15/05/2012 10:26

When I had a wedding to go to at 3 weeks post birth with DC2, I shopped for a dress the weekend before. I think it is hard to tell what size will be the best fit in advance - firstly because of how fast the excess fluid is lost, and secondly because you don't know how big your norks will be and what dress they'll fit in. I went with heels but low ones as like you I wasn't confident in heels having not worn them for yonks.

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FlouryBap · 15/05/2012 21:34

Hi pootlebug,

That is what I was figuring I would have to do. This is my third baby. The weight fell off first time, but second time my buggered tummy muscles took a while to be licked back into shape, so I am assuming the same will happen this time.

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Ambrosius · 15/05/2012 21:38

When I did this (same time scale) I wore a dress I had worn at about 20 weeks pg, It covered the post baby belly and was strappy so easy to bf in with a pashmina over my shoulder.

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AmberNectarine · 15/05/2012 22:31

I was you a year ago, and I bought a simple jersey maxi dress from P8 (same style as this but in bright green) and wore with jewelled flats and a wrap. Dress was stretchy enought that size wasn't too critical, nicely figure skimming and easy to hoik down for bf, while covering with the wrap. That being said it really clashed with the red baby bjorn I wore the baby in all day!

Good luck with the birth and the outfit search!

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MrsLettuce · 15/05/2012 23:10

Yeah, buying postpartum would be wisest. I'd never have managed it TBH seemed to be permanently feeding and knackered.

Might a cheap back-up be a good plan?

Did you mean this zara dress in the OP floury?

this is very much like the phase8 one. Oooh again and turquoise

similar to the zara one

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FlouryBap · 16/05/2012 19:47

Hello all,

I think the jersey maxi dress might be the way forward. I was hoping I could hoike myself into town before DH is off paternity leave to have a wee look around. I have a feeling too that this baby is going to be late :(

No that is not the Zara dress - the one I saw is much nice, paler and in lace. I have just searched again and found it lovely dress. Looking at it on the model it really wouldn't work that well with big norks :(

Mrs Lettuce, those DP ones look perfect for a cheapy backup, if I buy them now I could still take them back if I find something else.